Wait they aren't talking about cranes?
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I drive a forklift for a living and I equate "heavy machinery" as a bulldozer or something, lol.
It says don’t drive or operate heavy machinery, the additional clarification is precisely because people will think “well a forklift isn’t a car”
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forklift-sama is about to make me lose my licence
This was on my dog’s medication once.
I once zoned out of driving for a solid 5 minutes on my way home from work as a teen because my brain didn't equate heavy machinery with car. Got onto highway...turning off of highway. Nothing in between. Needless to say, I've never made that mistake again.
work as a teen
Interesting profession

This happened to me on a regular basis for a couple years, just sans medication.
Coming to in the parking lot or badging in and realizing you have no idea what happened between getting in the car and now.
3am start times with a 20min drive will do that to you.
I mean, it would be better off to say "motor vehicle" or at least include that with "heavy machinery", but chances are this would reduce use for a lot of medications when people need to drive to/from work etc so it gives them convenient out lawsuit-wise
Big ball and chain thing for knocking down buildings for me
It's even worse than that: when I'm zoned out of my mind, nothing feels heavy anymore. So I can operate anything safely, right?
My mind goes to this, but I don't need medication for me to be unsafe operating any machinery other/heavier than a simple car.

My mind always goes to all garbage mashers on the detention level.
Mine goes to bucket excavator.
I don't consider forklift to be heavy machinery, at least not the little pallet ones. The seacan ones, absolutely.
I don't consider forklift to be heavy machinery, at least not the little pallet ones
"A small electric forklift may weigh around 3,000 lbs (1,360 kg)"
Call me crazy, but I personally draw the line to "heavy" somewhere BELOW a metric ton 😄
I guess small quadcopters do not count?
"Alright commander, I'm all clear to operate kamikazi drones." 🎇🙈 xD
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Okay but also chainsaws.
Depends how heavy it is, I guess 🤷🏻
Right? What about my top handle climbing saw? I think it weighs 7.5lbs
Light machine. I think you're good to go.
Is that like the guy I watched for a few hours as he climbed the redwood tree that towers up past the 6-story apartment across the street, lopping off limbs as he went, flipping his waist rope a little higher with his left hand and wielding his chain saw with his right?
He shouldn't be spiking a live tree, redwoods may have thick enough bark though I'm on the East Coast
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There's other safety oriented tasks with the same attention required. I wouldn't pass meds on ativan or oxy, and would be pretty cautious with most other sedating medications. Weirdly I also don't pass meds without strattera. Weirder I think flight attendants are in the same boat (plane?) where a lot of people see it as a customer service role and don't realize how safety oriented the job is. Then people start some bullshit in a crowded aluminum tube with no safe exits and get surprised when they get duct taped to a chair.
(sorry, what do you mean by "pass meds"?)
Probably a pharmacy technician or similar job where they handle giving patients medicine.
So most hospitals have a time, usually depending on when they change shifts, that most meds are scheduled around. And the whole process is much more complicated than I think most people realize. The omnicell can make sure you pull the right drug/form/strength and it can tell you how many to take out but it can't take the patient's blood pressure before you give them the metoprolol or fingerstick before you give their insulin and it can't check for dangerous side effects before or after the dose or make sure the blood level is taken and sent down to the lab at the right time relative to the administration of the med they're measuring (the omnicell can't even verify that took the right amount of pills out of the pocket). And you're doing that for six patients at a time. So (usually) my job doesn't require fast reflexes, but it does require pretty intense focus.
This was once on my medicine But I ignored it cuz I didn't know that they meant,but nothing happened I still operated machines so yh
Yes, car brains are completely desensitized to their own murderous potential.
There's a trend with the kids called "fork lifting" where everyone takes a couple Ambien and goes to work in a warehouse.
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